The Taylor family has recently added a new enterprise to the Taylor Farm lineup—it’s Taylor Brothers
Creamery to go with the Taylor Brothers Sugarhouse maple operation and the dairy farm that has been in
existence since 1976.
Our creamery is located in a new structure we call the “cheese house” because it is next door to the “milk
house” where the milk from our cows is chilled and stored before it goes to market. The cheese house includes an
array of modern processing equipment, including a pasteurizer/cheese vat (shown above), presses and cooler—
all the things needed to make high quality cheeses and to comply with stringent food safety regulations.
We are making traditional cheeses of the Connecticut Valley region using recipes that have been passed
down through generations of farmstead cheese makers. One is called Mill Hollow Cheese, a yellow cows’ milk
cheese made using a washed curd method and coated with yellow wax. It is a tasty snacking cheese and also is
perfect for grating and slicing for sandwiches and melts. Mill Hollow will also soon be available smoked.
A semi-hard "jack style" cheese called Evelyn’s Jack is a mild semi-hard cows’ milk cheese and is excellent for
melting or snacking and becomes sharper as it ages, although it typically is enjoyed as a young cheese. It comes
with a red wax rind and it’s named after a favorite cow in the Taylor Farm herd.
Creamery to go with the Taylor Brothers Sugarhouse maple operation and the dairy farm that has been in
existence since 1976.
Our creamery is located in a new structure we call the “cheese house” because it is next door to the “milk
house” where the milk from our cows is chilled and stored before it goes to market. The cheese house includes an
array of modern processing equipment, including a pasteurizer/cheese vat (shown above), presses and cooler—
all the things needed to make high quality cheeses and to comply with stringent food safety regulations.
We are making traditional cheeses of the Connecticut Valley region using recipes that have been passed
down through generations of farmstead cheese makers. One is called Mill Hollow Cheese, a yellow cows’ milk
cheese made using a washed curd method and coated with yellow wax. It is a tasty snacking cheese and also is
perfect for grating and slicing for sandwiches and melts. Mill Hollow will also soon be available smoked.
A semi-hard "jack style" cheese called Evelyn’s Jack is a mild semi-hard cows’ milk cheese and is excellent for
melting or snacking and becomes sharper as it ages, although it typically is enjoyed as a young cheese. It comes
with a red wax rind and it’s named after a favorite cow in the Taylor Farm herd.
| The Taylor Family in a 2009 Christmas card photo taken outside the new Taylor Brothers Creamery |